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Earn 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM and Learn More About Personal Health Records(PHRs) The first ever Personal Health Record (PHR) Continuing Medical Education (CME) course: Personal Health Records: Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare has been created by Medem, Inc. through joint sponsorship with the Texas Medical Association. Physicians who wish to take the course for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM, need only pay a nominal $15 administration fee directly to the Texas Medical Association. This option is provided at the end of the PHR CME course. This course is fully accredited and meets all ACCME requirements and guidelines. You may take the course online or print out a PDF of the program. Simply register below, and you will be provided with both options. Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to: Discuss the concept of Personal Health Records (PHRs) and their impact on patients, physicians and payers; Recognize the difference between an Electronic Medical Record and a Personal Health Record, as well as integration of both; Identify attitudes and adoption of Personal Health Records in the patient population in light of a rise in consumer-driven health care; Recognize impact and implications of the PHR in pay-for-performance, Medicare, and government policy, and medical liability; Identify resources for patients to create Personal Health Records; and Identify ways to integrate the use of Personal Health Records into a physician practice. All fields with an asterisk (*) are required *First Name:   Middle Name/Initial:   *Last Name:   *Email:   *Affiliation:   Please select ...... Medical Society Business None *Specialty:   Please select ...... Allergic & Immunology Anesthesiology Area General Internal Medicine Breast Diagnostic Center Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Surgery Child and Adolescent Care Colon & Rectal Surgery Community Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Dermatology Emergency Department Endocrinology Family Medicine/Practice Gastroenterology General Internal Medicine General Surgery Gynecologic Surgery Gynecology Hematology Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Medical Genetics Nephrology Neurology Neurosurgery Obstetrics & Gynecology Occupational Medicine Oncology Ophthalmology Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Orthopedic Oncology Orthopedics Otorhinolaryngology Pain Medicine Pediatrics Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Plastic Surgery Preventive Medicine Primary Care Internal Medicine Psychiatry Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Radiation Oncology Radiology Rehabilitation Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Rheumatology Sports Medicine Thoracic Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Other   Please check if you wish to return to the course later. Please choose the format in which you would like to take the course.